Plugin repository context vs Activity modules

Plugin repository context vs Activity modules

by Gabriele Bernardello -
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I need to develop a Moodle (4.0) repository plugin that allows searching and downloading content from an external repository.

One of the constraints I have is the need to communicate to the external repository's APIs the required format for download. Let me explain further: on the Moodle side, a course is created, I add a topic, and within it, I want to upload an SCORM or IMS, etc. I choose the correct module and, within the selected module's page, I open the file picker. My repository plugin is displayed in Moodle's file picker. I perform a search on the external repository and decide to download a material, but this material must be packaged as SCORM 1.2, or IMS, or downloaded as a single file (e.g., a PDF, an image). However, to have the correct package type, I need to know if I am inside an SCORM module, or IMS, etc. At the moment, I cannot get this information; the context defined in the constructor has contextlevel = CONTEXT_COURSE and does not contain (or at least I cannot find) information related to the selected module.

With "module," I mean the Activity modules (e.g., "IMS content package" or "SCORM package"), although I am not sure if I have used the correct term.

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Re: Plugin repository context vs Activity modules

by Renaat Debleu -
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You are right, the moment you edit an activity, you get the course context and not the module context. I struggled with the same problem when creating the repository_s3bucket plugin. First I thought it had something to do with copying all files to the user context when you start editing, but the reason is more simple: there are no repository instances in a module context. You can create them globally, in a category or in a course, but not inside a module.

You could add an extra module context parameter to your constructor, but this will be tricky when you create a new module (I doubt when the module context is created, when creating a new module or when saving the new module).
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